I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods in which nearly all one's friends seem to be selfish or even false. And how terrible that there should be even a kind of pleasure…

Quote by CS Lewis

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Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as...

A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as...

For the past twenty years you and I have been fed all day long on...

For the past twenty years you and I have been fed all day long on...

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too?...

Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too?...

When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the religion of amulets and holy places and priestcraft:...

When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the religion of amulets and holy places and priestcraft:...

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through...

This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through...

Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness? While...

Which of the religions of the world gives to its followers the greatest happiness? While...

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good...

Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good...

We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.

We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.

I could well believe that it is God's intention, since we have refused milder remedies,...

I could well believe that it is God's intention, since we have refused milder remedies,...

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is...

We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is...

Though our feelings come and go, Gods love for us does not.

Though our feelings come and go, Gods love for us does not.

It is hard to have patience with people who say ''There is no death'' or...

It is hard to have patience with people who say ''There is no death'' or...

But probably every age gets, within certain limits, the science it deserves.

But probably every age gets, within certain limits, the science it deserves.

A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This...

A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This...

If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a 'wandering...

If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a 'wandering...

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look...

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look...

Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to...

Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to...

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but...

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but...

Don't think, just do.

Don't think, just do.

Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to...

Man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to...